Hanger.



C. G. HANSON.

HANGER.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 11. \916 1 %81 5@2 Patented (M. 15, M8

inventor Aflorneys CHARLES G; HANSON, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

I HANGER.

Application filed May 11, 1916.

To all whom it may camera:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES G. HANsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hangers for supporting garments, one of the objects being to provide an all wire hanger so shaped as to properly fit the collar portion of a coat, there being means combined with the hanger whereby a garment other than a coat can be suspended therefrom without the use of clips or like devices.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combin-ation and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention. v

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention have been shown.

In said drawings 1- Figure l is an elevation of a garment hanger embodying the present improvements, the relative positions of the parts when the hanger is adjusted for insertion into the waist portion of a skirt, being indicated by dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of a modified form of hanger.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of another modified form, the position of the hat hook when folded back out of active position being indicated by dotted lines.

Big. 4 is a section on line AB Fig. 3.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a support engaging hook or the like and diverging downwardly from this hook are the upper arms 2 of the hanger each of which merges at its outer end into an inturned portion 3 forming a stop or abutment. Each inturned portion in turn merges into an outwardly and downwardly inclined finger t which, in turn, merges into a lower arm 5. These lower arms converge upwardly and are formed integral with a central eye or finger piece 6. It will be seen that the entire hanger can Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (Bot. its), 191%.

Serial No. 86,857.

thus be made of a single length of spring wire. By referring to the drawing it will be noted that each of the arms 2 has its upper portion bowed upwardly as at 7 thus to fit snugly within the collar portion of a coat.

In using the hanger a coat can be arranged thereon as ordinarily. Should it be desired to suspend a skirt from the hanger, the ends of the waistband should be fastened together. and eye 6 should then be drawn upwardly toward the hook 1 so as to cause the fingers -L to shift inwardly toward each other as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. These fingers can then be inserted into the waist portion of the skirt until the waistband comes against the inturned portions or abutments 3. The eye 6 can then be released, whereupon the fingers i will spring back approxin'iately to their initial positions, pressing firmly against the waistband and in an outward direction so that the skirt will thus be held suspended smoothly from the hanger. Instead of providing aneye between the lower arms of the hanger, a bowed portion such as shown at 8 in Fig. 2 may be employed. In other respects this modified form of hanger is the same as that disclosed in Fig. 1.

In Figs. 3.and 4. has been shown another form of hanger especially designed for supporting a coat, trousers and hat. This hanger instead of being made of one piece is made of two pieces. The supporting hook 9 or the like has downwardly diverging arms 10 similar to the arms 2 but which merge at their outer ends into a lower bar 11 having upwardly converging arms 12 at the ends thereof, whereby upwardly and inwardly converging slots 13 are produced. The middle portion of the bar 11 is provided with a laterally pressed loop 14; disposed substantially below the neck 15 of hook 9.

Movably connected to the loop 1 is an eye 16 provided at one end of a wire 17, the other end of this wire terminating in an eye 18 which is movably mounted on the neck 15. This wire is bent to form a hanger 19 and an outwardly extending hat engaging hook 20. When the book 20 is not to be used it can be folded back against or substantially parallel with the bar 11, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, but when it is to be used, it is extended at right angles from the hanger as shown in Fig. 4;.

This hanger is designed to support a coat in the same manner as heretofore described with reference to the form shown in Fig. Should it he desired to suspend trousers from the hanger, a suspei'ider button at each side of the trousers is inserted into each of the slots 18 so that the trousers will be held suspended smoothly from the hanger. Hook 20 can be used to support a hat, as will be obvious.

What is claimed is A garment hanger formed of spring wire one end of which is bent to form a support engaging element while the other end is connected to said element, the intermediate portions of the wire being bent to form arms diverging downwardly from the support engaging element and each formed of arallel portions forn'iing a button receivlng slot therebetween and a bar integral with and connecting the lower portions of the arms and under and in the same plane with the support engaging element and having a central laterally extending eye, and a hook formed of spring wire and including an eye at one end for engaging and swinging upon the eye on the bar, an outstanding folded portion forming a garment support, a hanger integral with the upper portion of said outstanding portion, and a laterally extending eye integral with the upper end of the hanger and pivotally engaging the support engaging element.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as in own I have hereto afiixcd m si nature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES G. HANSON. Witnesses:

H. M. PRIBLER, T. D. NAFTZGER. 

